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Promotion from 2 havo, 2 havo/vwo and 2 vwo

Updated on: 27 August 2026

Topics covered by this chapter

7.1
Admission
7.2
Establishment of substructure (years 1 to 3)
7.3
Establishment of superstructure (years 4 to 6)
7.4
Keys
7.5
Education time
7.6
Education and religion
7.7
Teaching tables
7.8
Reports and Double
7.9
Promotions
7.10
Promotion from junior high
7.11
Promotion from 2 havo, 2 havo/vwo and 2 vwo
7.12
Promotion from 3 havo and 3 vwo
7.13
Promotion from 4 havo, 4 vwo and 5 vwo
7.14
Pass/pocket scheme
School Guide

Principles

  • The final figures on the report are based on the moving annual average and are rounded to whole figures.
  • A final grade or qualification (physical exercise only and Quest) is given for each course on the schedule.
  • Departments:
    • Box Group I: Dutch, Cambridge Pre, French, German, Latin, Greek, history, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, drawing. In gymnasium 2, the figures for Latin and Greek are combined to one digit classical languages.
    • Box group II: 3Design, music
    • Box III: Physical Education, Quest

Havo 2 to Havo 3 + vwo 2 to vwo 3

For promotion from 2 havo to 3 havo and from 2 vwo to 3 vwo the following criteria apply:

  • All final figures of the subjects in group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • One final figure of a subject in group I is a 5 and the other final figures of the subjects in group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • The final figures for subjects in group I are 1 x 4 or 2 x 5 or 1 x 5 and 1 x 4 and the other final figures are 6 or higher and the average of all final figures for subjects in group I are at least 6.0. For the subjects Dutch, Cambridge Pre and mathematics, no more than one 5 may have been obtained as a final figure.
  • The average of all final figures of the subjects in group II shall be at least 6.0.
  • Boxes in Boxes Group III shall be completed with "Fulfiled'.

Havo/vwo 2 to Havo 3

For promotion from 2 havo/vwo to 3 havo the following criteria shall apply:

  • All final figures of the subjects in group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • One final figure of a subject in group I is a 5 and the other final figures of the subjects in group I are 6 or higher.

or

  • The final figures for subjects in group I are 1x4 or 2x5 or 1x5 and 1x4 or 1x3 or 3x5 and the other final figures are 6 or higher and the average of all final figures for subjects in group I is at least 5.8. For the subjects Dutch, Cambridge Pre and mathematics, no more than one 5 may have been obtained as a final figure.
  • The average of all final figures of the subjects in group II shall be at least 6.0
  • Boxes in Boxes Group III shall be completed with "Fulfiled'.

Supplements

If the promotion standard is not met, it can be doubled in 2 havo.

Havo/vwo 2 to vwo 3

The following criteria apply to promotion from 2 havo/vwo to 3 vwo:

  • All final figures of the subjects in group I are 6 or higher and the average of all final figures in boxes in group I is at least 7.0.

or

  • One final figure of a subject in group I is a 5 and the average of all final figures of the subjects in group I is at least 7.0.

or

  • The final figures for subjects in group I are 1x4 or 2x5 or 1x5 and 1x4 and the average of all final figures in group I is at least 7.0. For the subjects Dutch, Cambridge Pre and mathematics, no more than one 5 may have been obtained as a final figure.
  • The average of all final figures of the subjects in group II shall be at least 6.0.

Boxes in Boxes Group III shall be completed with "Fulfiled'.

Supplements

A pupil who does not meet the transitional standards is eligible for discussion if by increasing one of the final figures by 1 point the transition standards would be met.

A student in 2 gymnasium who has been rejected for 3 gymnasium, can be promoted to 3 atheneum. The final figure for the class of classical languages does not count.

A student in 2 vwo who has been rejected for 3 vwo, can be promoted to 3 havo. The meeting may also decide that parents and students may choose between promoting to the havo department or double in the vwo department.

If a student of the HAVO department wants to be promoted to the VWO department, the transitional meeting decides on admission. The parent (s)/carer (s) of the student concerned may make their wish known in writing to the annual layer coordinator.